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Sri Lanka wins the Gold medal in the 400×4 Men's relay finals with a time of 3:01.56, competed by Aruna Darshana, Rajitha Neranjan, Kaushika Keshan and Kalinga Kumara. Meanwhile, the women's team also manages to bag the Silver medal for the 400×4 relay event with national record time of 3:33.27.
Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda ( Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of the Sinhalese people and Tamil population of Sri Lanka. It is a major anniversary celebrated by not only the Sinhalese and Tamil people but by most Sri Lankans.
Sri Lanka [73] 25 25 Sweden [74] 12 12 Switzerland [75] 9 15 depending on the canton Taiwan [76] 12 12 Thailand [31] 16 16 Tanzania [77] 16 16 Trinidad and Tobago [31] 18 18 Turkey [31] 14 14 Ukraine [78] 11 11 United Kingdom [79] 8 10 depending on nation, but 8 for England and Wales [80] United States [81] 6 11 Uruguay [82] 12 12 Venezuela [83 ...
The list of US federal holidays is made up of 11 days of significance that Americans recognise and celebrate. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800 ...
The list of US federal holidays is made up of 11 days of significance that Americans recognise and celebrate
From 2011, it has been designated on the first Friday of September, to coincide with the upcoming September school holidays (one week) so that students and teachers can enjoy an extended school holidays. In 2023, the Ministry of Education announced on 11 August that Teacher's Day had been rescheduled from 1 September to 11 September due to the ...
Every full moon day is known as a Poya in the Sinhala language; this is when a practicing Sri Lankan Buddhist visits a temple for religious observances. [ 3] There are 13 or 14 Poyas per year. [ 4][ 5] The term poya is derived from the Pali and Sanskrit word uposatha (from upa + vas "to fast"), primarily signifying "fast day". [ 3]
Vesak Thorana in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, Buddha's Birthday is celebrated as Vesak and is a public holiday celebrated on the first full moon day of the month of May. Its date is determined by the Buddhist lunar calendar. People engage in religious observances and decorate houses and streets with candles and paper lanterns as well ...